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On January 14, the Newton Rotary Club learned about the Jasper Together project, headed up by Jason Warfel (left), who explained that the purpose is to get input to help set up some short- and long-term goals for the community. A “mapping” program was developed by Western Illinois University to
The Newton Rotary Club learned about weather forecasting on January 21 when local meteorologist Eric Schmidt (right) spoke about his business, EJS Weather Service. He studied weather science in college, then worked for United Airlines and also did worldwide forecasts for offshore oil rigs. In 2007, he and his dad,
The Newton Eagles defeated Paris with a final score of 45-30 in the LIC Consolation bracket tournament. Lead scorers for the game were Kyle Schafer with 19 points and Jarrett Tharp with 11. Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Newton 18 10 9 8 45 Opponent 6 9